Brian Sewell’s surreal dalliance with Dalí

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In September 1968, Brian Sewell drifted to Cadaqués, Spain, for breathing
space, where he picked up a couple of stray dogs, which he named Scipio and
Hannibal.

I was scarcely conscious of the great green pre-war Cadillac as it whispered
to a stop, car nerd though I am, and took no notice of the two people who’d
got out of it, a tiny woman and a much taller man, both dressed from top to
toe in velvet of a dark green to match the car. They sat in the sun a little
way away and watched. Then the man came